The Book of Confessions - The Presbyterian Leader

ut reference is made to this General Note.
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(c) Ed.1647 includes "of John."
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7. The Canon of Scripture is not established by explicit passages, but by the testimony of Jesus
and His Apostles; of ancient manuscripts and versions; of ancient Christian writers and church
councils, and by the internal evidence exhibited in the separate books.
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8. I Thess. 2:13; II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:21; Gal. 1:11, 12.
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(d) UPCUSA ed. reads: "of."
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9. I Cor. 2:10, 11; John 16: 13, 14; I Cor. 2:6-9.
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10. Mark 7:5-7.
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11. This statement is an inference from the sufficiency of the Scriptures.
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12. John 6:45; I Cor. 2:9, 10, 12.
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(e) UPCUSA ed. reads: "and there are."
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13. I Cor. 14:26, 40; 11:13, 14.
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14. II Peter 3:16; John 16:17; 6:60.
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15. Ps 119:105, 130; Acts 17:11, 12.
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16. See Note under Section 3, figure 9 above [This reference is apparently related to a previous
version of the Confessions. Currently OGA is researching which text these references apply to.
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17. Isaiah 8:20; Acts 15:14-18.
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18. John 5:39; II Tim. 3:14, 15; II Peter 1:19.
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